This accessibility statement applies to the website www.yhresearchcommunity.nhs.uk.
This website is run by Yorkshire and Humber Community of Research Practice. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.
For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
How accessible this website is:
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- some PDFs and documents are not fully accessible, for example missing text alternatives and missing document structure
- some videos do not have captions and audio descriptions
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
- email: [email protected]
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us:
- email: [email protected]
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Yorkshire and Humber Community of Research Practice is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard. The non-compliances and exemptions are listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below does not comply with accessibility regulations:
- Some PDFs and documents are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content and 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. We are committed to using our resources to update this historical content over time, and plan to update all historical documents (with the exception of content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations) by April 2027. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
- We offer clear points of contact on this page for visitors having difficulty using our website or to request information in different formats, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 22nd April 2026.
Accessibility training is continuing to be provided for content editors to ensure both currently and newly published content is accessible.
Further testing will also be done to ensure that newly published content is accessible.